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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN s. BIRCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECTACLE-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,885, dated January23, 1883,

' Application filed October 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BIRCH, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Spectacle-Cleaners, of which thefollowing is a specification. 7

My invention consists of a pair of rubbingpads covered with chamois-skinor other suitable material for rubbing spectacle glasses, said padsbeing constructed in suitable size and otherwise adapted for rubbing theglasses between them by the thumb and finger, and being suitably pivotedtogether by spring or other shanks or stems to be retained in the properrelations to each other to be applied and used in the most ready manner,and for a means of connecting them to a safety cord or chain of anykind, all as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of my improvedspectacle-cleaner, the parts being closed one over another. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same, the parts being swung open on theconnectingpivot. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a sectionalelevation of the device together with a spectacle-eyeglass between thepads. Fig. 5 is an inside elevation of a back for one of the pads. Fig.6 is a side or edge view ofFig. 5. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the cleanerconstructed for screwing the back in the ring of frame for securing theskin. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a section of oneof the pads; and Fig. 10 is a section of the device, showing anarrangement inwhich the back may be sprung into the ring.

l'make two pads, a, with facing or lining b, of chamois skinor otherapproved material, for rubbing the glasses cof spectacles, providingsaid pads with spring-arms terminating in a. pivot-joint, e, at the end,adapted to allow the pads to spring open and grip the glass betweenthem, as in Fig. 4, and to be shifted forward and backward on thesurfaces of the glass by the thumb and finger for rubbing it clean.

The device will have an eye or link, f, by I The pads may be constructedin various ways: For instance, a ring, g, of angle-shaped bar, toreceive the disk of skin, and connected to the pivot-joint eby an arm,k, may be used with a back, i, of wood, stone, metal, or other material,also connected to said pivot by an arm, j, the said arm being set topress the back into the ring and grip the margin of the skin against theflange k, said flange having a notched edge, I, and the back havingpoints m to secure the skin.

The back 73 may screw into the ring g, as in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, to gripthe skin against the flange h, the points or and stemj being dispensedwith, and said back being provided with little knobs n, by which toscrew itin and out with the blade of a knife or other convenientinstrument whenever it may be required to change or renew the skins.

The ring 9 may be made as in Fig. 10, so that the back may be sprunginto it to secure the skin.

I donot limit myself to the particular construction of the-device, theessential feature of which is a pair of rubbing-pads pivoted to- 7gether in the manner described, and being adapted to rub and clean theglasses of spectacles in the manner shown. a

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The improved eye or spectacle glass cleaner consisting of a pair ofrubbing-pads pivoted together, and being constructed and adapted to ruband clean the glasses of spectacles, substantially in the mannerdescribed.

2. The combination of a pair of skin or equivalent lined pads, a,spring-arms, and a connecting-pivot, c, said spring-arms being arrangedto cause the pads to grip an object between them, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

'JOHN S. BIRCH.

Witnesses:

EUGENE N. ELIOT, A. P. THAYEB.

